News & Events

The latest news from the EFP as well as details of its forthcoming events and those of its affiliated national societies of periodontology.

Perio Master Clinic 2026

The EFP International Perio Master Clinic is the premier forum for the promotion of clinical excellence in emerging and important clinical challenges in our specialty.

Education

The EFP's work in education includes a set of curricular guidelines for undergraduate dental education, a three-year accredited programme for postgraduate education in periodontology, and some continuing education tools for reference and consultation of dental professionals all along their careers. Besides, this area is the home of the 'EFP Alumni' section.

All publications

01 January 1970

Categories: Clinical & Translational Research, JCP Digest, Article

Does adjunctive use of systemic amoxicillin and metronidazole improve outcomes of access-flap surgery for peri-implantitis?

23 April 2026

The latest issue of JCP Digest describes a randomized controlled trial that evaluated the effect of adding a seven-day regimen of systemic amoxicillin and metronidazole to access-flap surgery for peri-implantitis.
Categories: Clinical & Translational Research, Article

Rethinking bone substitutes in GBR: Can synthetic materials match the standard of care?

20 April 2026

Kiri N. Lang, winner of the first prize in the EFP’s Postgraduate Research Prize for preclinical/basic research, describes her research group’s randomized controlled study of bone substitutes in guided bone research.
Categories: Treatment, Article

Green dentistry: agentic AI and the digital path to sustainability

10 April 2026

In the third and final article of a series on “Green Dentistry”, Christoph Ramseier explores the ways that artificial intelligence can enable periodontists and other dental professionals to act more ecologically in their clinical practice.
Categories: Treatment, Article

The EFP Probe will help dentists with diagnosis and implementation of clinical-practice guidelines

27 March 2026

The EFP Probe is a single probe for screening and treatment, designed to facilitate diagnosis according to the current classification of periodontal disease and the EFP’s clinical practice guidelines. Moritz Kebschull explains its importance.
Categories: Clinical & Translational Research, JCP Digest, Article

Peri-implant phenotype influences outcomes of tissue-level implants at five years

25 March 2026

The latest issue of JCP Digest summarizes a study that evaluated the association between peri-implant phenotype characteristics and the five-year clinical, radiographic, ultrasonographic, and patient-reported outcomes of soft-tissue-level implants.
Categories: Public health & Prevention, Podcast

Perio Talks: How to maintain good oral health during adulthood

24 March 2026

In the latest Perio Talks podcast, the second related to the Oral Health Throughtout Life campaign, William Papaioannou and Júlia Sáez Valverde explore the importance of maintaining oral health during adulthood.
Categories: Classification & Guidelines, Clinical & Translational Research, Article

How patient-reported outcomes should be included in periodontology and implant dentistry

16 March 2026

The EFP is preparing a clinical-practice guideline informed by last year’s focused workshop on patient-reported outcomes organized by the federation with the Spanish and Italian societies of periodontology. A detailed report explains the issues.
Categories: Treatment, Podcast

Managing periodontitis: why a whole-team approach matters

23 February 2026

In the latest Perio Talks podcast, Ian Needleman and Corinna Bruckmann explain how to manage patients with periodontitis, highlighting the need to include patients in decision-making and why involving the whole dental team is essential.
Categories: Treatment, Article

What are the challenges of using regenerative interventions to treat stage III/IV periodontitis in the anterior maxilla?

23 February 2026

In a preview of his presentation at Perio Master Clinic 2026 in Baku, Serhat Aslan explains the challenge of treating stage III and stage IV periodontitis in the anterior maxilla using regenerative techniques.